CEOs are paid what they're paid due to prevailing financial incentive structures and scarcity of talent, not because they feel entitled (though I'm sure many of

CEOs are paid what they're paid due to prevailing financial incentive structures and scarcity of talent, not because they feel entitled (though I'm sure many of them do). From my own personal experiences- which you can take with a grain of salt- given the option between 100 talented devs with an excellent business model and an elite CEO with a ham sandwich, I'm taking the ham sandwich.